{
"title": "Cross-method concordance for brain receptor expression mapping",
"papers": [
{
"doi": "10.1038/s41593-022-01186-3",
"value": "high correlation for all 5 serotonin targets; replicated in independent autoradiography dataset",
"comparison": "PET vs autoradiography",
"methods_compared": "PET binding potential vs postmortem autoradiography",
"value_source_sentence": "We replicated all findings in an independently collected autoradiography dataset."
},
{
"doi": "10.1523/jneurosci.2830-16.2016",
"value": "strong PET-autoradiography correlation; receptor-specific PET-mRNA associations",
"comparison": "PET vs autoradiography vs mRNA",
"methods_compared": "PET vs autoradiography vs Allen Human Brain Atlas mRNA",
"value_source_sentence": "Comparison of the regional PET binding measures with postmortem human brain autoradiography outcomes showed a high correlation for the five 5-HT targets and this enabled us to transform the atlas to represent protein densities (in picomoles per milliliter)."
},
{
"doi": "10.1038/s41392-022-00960-w",
"value": "seq-based lacks cellular resolution; image-based limited in transcriptome coverage",
"comparison": "seq-based vs image-based spatial transcriptomics",
"methods_compared": "sequencing-based ST vs FISH-based ST",
"value_source_sentence": "Although current ST methods, whether based on next-generation sequencing (seq-based approaches) or fluorescence in situ hybridization (image-based approaches), offer valuable insights, they face limitations either in cellular resolution or transcriptome-wide profiling."
}
],
"x_axis": "Detection method",
"y_axis": "Concordance metric",
"n_analyzed": "varies",
"n_definition": "varies: subjects (PET), tissue samples (autoradiography), genes (mRNA)",
"scope_region": "whole brain",
"comparison_id": "fig_sec3_method_concordance",
"comparison_type": "methodological comparison",
"taxonomic_level": "receptor/transporter level",
"scope_population": "receptor expression measurements",
"homogeneity_check": "Comparisons span different measurement modalities (protein vs mRNA vs binding), different species (human vs mouse), and different spatial resolutions. PET-autoradiography comparisons are protein-level but differ in spatial resolution and in vivo vs ex vivo conditions. mRNA-protein comparisons are fundamentally different molecular readouts. These methodological differences ARE the point of this comparison figure."
}